Archive for October, 2008
The Fist Official Digital Amp-Art Release MXM - Dislok8ted Science
AMP-ART MUSIC STORE - Buy Dislok8ted Science
First Digital release on brand new label Amp-Art. The label will be dedicated to bringing high quality compositions from across the electronic music spectrum with its roots firmly in the past whilst reaching out to the distant future. First off we have label co-owner and producer MxM (Literally short for Maxim) with a 4 piece electronic workout for you to bathe your ears and convulse your body to.
Track one is Teklooterz, a grungy distorted beat greets you as the tune kicks into gear, gradually becoming more and more melodical before the melody’s entwine and the kick drops back in. Soulful pads drench the bleeping rhythms and freestyled analogue keys pitch fade thier way though the door, before resuming course into the basic groove. Making for a good floor filler and DJ tool.
Track two is Dirty Language, called so because the dusty samples talk the talk on this one. Another one for the dance floor as the chord riff works it way through the tune with evolving rhythms and 70’s synth swooshes bringing you up. Music is the universal language and an apt piece of commentary lifts the tune into act2 where layers of pads and synth stabs progress the track into darker territory before the curtain falls on act3 and everyone lives happily ever after.
Track3 is Safe Journey; a track with more than a head nod in the direction of the motor city’s deeper producers. With Minor chords and basic bleeps the tune soon gains access to the facility of a bass line, which allows it to bring dark funk into the equation. The rhythm becomes increasing complex and some of the under patterned percussion almost sounds and if the filtered drum machine has the flu and complains with intermittent coughs and sneezes. A large hand clap asserts the tune before a haunting synth pitch slides a sonet over the top. Lovely Stuff
Track4; I think I broke Detroit. Experimental sparse broken beats, belching zippy bass lines, sawing strings and a heavenly analogue based melodic climax give this tune its character. Sounds a bit like you left your Detroit tunes and favourite west London vinyl nuggets in the sun together. They melt and you get this. Ah…if only all accidents where this happy.
MxM has released music on Hydrogen Dukebox, Combination Records, Snap-Shot and has forthcoming releases on Cynet Media, Philpot and Neo-Ouija. Our First Vinyl Release on Amp-ART will be out Just after Christmas will contain stunning tracks by MXM and Linkwood (Firecracker, Prime Numbers) Stay Tuned. AMP-ART MUSIC STORE - Buy Dislok8ted Science
All tracks written and produced by Maxim Sullivan, Artwork by Ben Lowden.
Tracks Mastered by Matt Colton of Matt Colton Mastering.
From Resident Advisor:
If you have any chance of moving forward, you must know where you’ve been. So goes the thought behind The Black Dog’s nascent mix series, in which this Underground Resistance podcast is the second. Earlier last month, the Sheffield trio celebrated the work of minimal master Robert Hood, who recently returned the favor by remixing the group’s “Train by the Autobahn.”
As a group that has relentlessly looked forward, the dogs have earned the right to look back a little bit—in the late ’80s and early ’90s, their sound was most decidedly the future and still is, as Soma’s recent re-release of their early work, Book of Dogma, and 2008 album Radio Scarecrow has so aptly proved. This mix and—presumably the ones that will follow—are celebrations of influence and a timely reminder that Underground Resistance still have few peers when it comes to blistering techno and hitech jazz. You can learn even more about the interstellar fugitives here.
Tracklist
01. Underground Resistance - Antimatter - Underground Resistance
02. Voice Of Electrifying Mojo
03. Underground Resistance - Afrogermanic - Underground Resistance
04. Underground Resistance - Mirage - Underground Resistance
05. Underground Resistance - Windchime - Underground Resistance
06. Underground Resistance - Talkin2Z - Underground Resistance
07. Underground Resistance - Final Frontier - Underground Resistance
08. Underground Resistance - In Or Out - Underground Resistance
09. Underground Resistance - Maroon - Underground Resistance
10. Underground Resistance - Death of My Neighbor - Underground Resistance
11. Underground Resistance - Baghdad Express - Underground Resistance
12. Underground Resistance - Inversions - Underground Resistance
13. Underground Resistance - Technology Gap - Underground Resistance
14. Underground Resistance - Antimatter - Underground Resistance
15. Underground Resistance - I Am UR - Underground Resistance
16. Underground Resistance - Tazumal - Underground Resistance
17. Underground Resistance - Hunting the Program - Underground Resistance
18. Underground Resistance - Toxic Broadcast - Underground Resistance
19. Underground Resistance - Detonate - Underground Resistance
20. Underground Resistance - Orbit (Black Dog edit) - Underground Resistance
21. Underground Resistance - Riot - Underground Resistance
22. Underground Resistance - Base Camp Alpha 808 - Underground Resistance
23. Underground Resistance - Entering Quadrant 5 - Underground Resistance
24. Underground Resistance - Adrenalin - Underground Resistance
25. Underground Resistance - Gamma Ray - Underground Resistance
26. Underground Resistance - Ambush - Underground Resistance
27. Underground Resistance - Sea Quake - Underground Resistance
28. Underground Resistance - Kill My Radio Station - Underground Resistance
Full Interview about the Mix at RA